Kukla's Korner Hockey

“Mike’s a guy who was coaching in his heyday in the ’80s and early ’90s when he had his success,” Regehr said late Friday afternoon after news of Keenan’s dismissal broke. “If you don’t adapt, it doesn’t work anymore. It’s become a lot more technical.

“We just were lacking in that area.”...

Since 1996 in St. Louis, his teams have not advanced beyond the first round of the playoffs.

“The biggest difference from back then is the margin of error,” Regehr said.

“The margin of error was a lot greater back then. You were able to play that type of hockey. There was so much talent on some of those teams. There was a big, big discrepancy. They could just turn it on in a period and win games and do it on a regular basis.”